could it possibly be somewhere up there??
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Nightmare at the ball!!!
OH MY GOSH, WHERE IS MY DRESS?!?!?!?
could it possibly be somewhere up there??
could it possibly be somewhere up there??
shout out to my potty trainers..
Since i don't have any pics of Ryan (Minnesota is dumb) i will post two pics of my Mason' man. Good luck with the potty training kiddo's; it worked out pretty well for your Aunt Dirkey...
one of my absolute fav shots...
one of my absolute fav shots...
ww 2.5
This week i'm doing pretty good tracking everything!! I've been dipping into the weekly points a little with the graduation its been a little difficult to figure out. We went to the Ball on Friday night and I left myself a ton of points, i had two drinks and then took just bites of everything else and still used about 10 of my weeklys. Yesterday we babysat my cousins and took them out to Red Robins, where i picked the best meal (Ensenada chicken-7pts). Then we went to the graduation and there was a dessert buffet (AHHHH) then my uncle took us out to a Thai restaurant (Pad Thai was 18 pts for two cups!!! who knew!!) I haven't exceeded my weekly points but this was a challenge. We'll see what wed brings..
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Kai's shower
So I showed you a teaser for Kaiya's shower, the cake.. but actually there were a few other things there....
One being the incredibly cute diabetic preggy Kaiya.. (i'm sorry i'll eat extra refined carbs for you! man this pregnancy is going to kill me with all the extra drinks i'm already drinking for you.)
There was also some incredible food; crabcakes, chicken francaise, mashed potatoes and green beens.. yum.....
This was the set up, pretty fancy schmancy i know but hey Kaiya's worth it... (kid better be cute...)
and the final set up with the cake, notice the jello.. :)
Seriously, only the best for my Kai! I can't wait to meet your baby and worm my way up to being the favorite "aunt"
One being the incredibly cute diabetic preggy Kaiya.. (i'm sorry i'll eat extra refined carbs for you! man this pregnancy is going to kill me with all the extra drinks i'm already drinking for you.)
There was also some incredible food; crabcakes, chicken francaise, mashed potatoes and green beens.. yum.....
This was the set up, pretty fancy schmancy i know but hey Kaiya's worth it... (kid better be cute...)
and the final set up with the cake, notice the jello.. :)
Seriously, only the best for my Kai! I can't wait to meet your baby and worm my way up to being the favorite "aunt"
Wanna pizza?!l
Seriously we should go into business.. we are awesome!
well actually i'm not sure that i would buy pizza from someone with a creepy look like that..
unbearable cuteness
Do not stare directly into the cuteness, thats my public service announcement for the day...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Deep Thoughts with Dirkey
Someone on ww posted this question, what makes a successful person? Whats your answers?
I said a successful person knows what is important to them and takes strides to improve/spend time with those things daily.
There were alot of people who were pretty hot on this topic, thinking society dictated what was successful and what wasn't. So people speak up! I'm listenning and want to hear your imput.. :)
I said a successful person knows what is important to them and takes strides to improve/spend time with those things daily.
There were alot of people who were pretty hot on this topic, thinking society dictated what was successful and what wasn't. So people speak up! I'm listenning and want to hear your imput.. :)
ww week 2
I'm down 8!! :)
I know alot of that is water weight, but its still fun!
I was a little worried cause usually i dont use those extra points too much and i did this week. Schmoop and I went to the shore and i had Kaiya's shower on Sat, so there was alot of yummie eating, i just did the best i could with counting and doing lower point value foods. For instance we went out to dinner and i got baked Mako with a ginger teriaki sauce (oh my gosh my mouth is watering!) and it WORKED!!!
Goals for this week
1. Drink WATER-umm yesterday alone i consumed a mass quantity of soda.. sheesh (in a few weeks i'm going to ween myself off of soda-THATS A HUGE DEAL!)
2. Go to the gym and actually use the membership i have!
Good news is that this weekend I'm going to a ball (Just call my Cinderella :) so i'll going to be boogying my bootay away! :) I will post some hot picks of schmoop and I in our fancy duds so you can all see.
Also coming soon is week 2 pic for ww. I've been told to take a better pic, i think my week 1 pic looks like a serial killer. All the better to compare this week too... :)
I know alot of that is water weight, but its still fun!
I was a little worried cause usually i dont use those extra points too much and i did this week. Schmoop and I went to the shore and i had Kaiya's shower on Sat, so there was alot of yummie eating, i just did the best i could with counting and doing lower point value foods. For instance we went out to dinner and i got baked Mako with a ginger teriaki sauce (oh my gosh my mouth is watering!) and it WORKED!!!
Goals for this week
1. Drink WATER-umm yesterday alone i consumed a mass quantity of soda.. sheesh (in a few weeks i'm going to ween myself off of soda-THATS A HUGE DEAL!)
2. Go to the gym and actually use the membership i have!
Good news is that this weekend I'm going to a ball (Just call my Cinderella :) so i'll going to be boogying my bootay away! :) I will post some hot picks of schmoop and I in our fancy duds so you can all see.
Also coming soon is week 2 pic for ww. I've been told to take a better pic, i think my week 1 pic looks like a serial killer. All the better to compare this week too... :)
Monday, May 15, 2006
ww week .5
Two days from weigh in, things are going pretty well. I've been faithfully going on ww website and using the community tool.
Its been pretty cool, with the meetings i always felt kind of like a nerd when i'm there.. "Hi, my names Kristi and i like eating brownies and ice cream for breakfast..." Seems like an 80's movie depicting adiction. By the way i've upgraded my breakfasts to an all fruit popsicle. Not so bad, you know baby steps...
baby steps. But its been neat telling people i don't know what i'm facing, people who are in the same boat.
Pretty cool :)
Wednesday is the big day, that we find out what week 1 brings us. Not that the numbers matter. :)
The dirkey
Its been pretty cool, with the meetings i always felt kind of like a nerd when i'm there.. "Hi, my names Kristi and i like eating brownies and ice cream for breakfast..." Seems like an 80's movie depicting adiction. By the way i've upgraded my breakfasts to an all fruit popsicle. Not so bad, you know baby steps...
baby steps. But its been neat telling people i don't know what i'm facing, people who are in the same boat.
Pretty cool :)
Wednesday is the big day, that we find out what week 1 brings us. Not that the numbers matter. :)
The dirkey
Friday, May 12, 2006
Sandcastle cake
Didn't it turn out good? I'm so excited, Kaiya's baby shower is today so i'll post a finished picture of this maybe tomorrow. There are a few incredible finishing touches.
IF you want to make this cake we did 2 8" rounds, 1 6" round and 1 4" round. The towers are made out of ice cream cones and cups. The large spires are made with 4 ice cream cones covered in white chocolate then rolled in Sugar in the Raw, the whole cake is iced in Buttercream (1 package of sifted confectioners sugar, 1 c butter, 1 c shortenning, a splash of milk and a splash of vanilla). Then we covered the cake in Sugar in the Raw and added decorations. So much fun!!!
I love that Kaiya doesn't have a corny shower! Sea Shore Showers rock!
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
What I'm reading
What i'm reading:
Right now i'm reading my Bible, Passion and Purity and The Screwtape Letters.
My Bible, my pastor gave a challenge this week to start every day thinking on who God is to you and praising him. I've really taken this to heart this week and have been thinking on some Psalms all day, when i forget and i'm in a crappy mood, my schmoop reminds me where to put my focus. If not acustomed to reading the Bible i would recommend starting in the Psalms, or in John. They are the easiest to read to me. My pastor recommended reading proverbs because there are 31 of them so you can read Proverbs 29 on the 29th; makes it easy.
Passion and Purity was written by Elisabeth Elliot.
I'm cruising through it and would recommend it to anyone. Mrs. Elliot is an incredible role model to me, i'm astounded at what she's been through. For those of you who don't know her husband, Jim Elliot, was murdered by Indians in Ecuador while they were missionaries there. However, this book is not about that, its about thier courtship. As I find with most of these books, i need to read and take what i can and see what applies to my life. We are not all the same and we all have to take this life as it comes and learn what we can from it. But having a wonderful relationship right now with my schmoop, i'm able to relate to alot of the book. Mrs Elliot does a wonderful job of documenting her feelings, her beliefs and encouraging you to seek after God through this time. All I can say is that I'm so encouraged by this book right now.
The Screwtape Letters, i need to buckle down and fly right with this one. I started it and i'm nearly done but with all my other reading its kind of taken a back seat. So hopefully i'll finish next week. Its an incredible book, kind of freaky at times..
ok night..
Dirkey
Right now i'm reading my Bible, Passion and Purity and The Screwtape Letters.
My Bible, my pastor gave a challenge this week to start every day thinking on who God is to you and praising him. I've really taken this to heart this week and have been thinking on some Psalms all day, when i forget and i'm in a crappy mood, my schmoop reminds me where to put my focus. If not acustomed to reading the Bible i would recommend starting in the Psalms, or in John. They are the easiest to read to me. My pastor recommended reading proverbs because there are 31 of them so you can read Proverbs 29 on the 29th; makes it easy.
Passion and Purity was written by Elisabeth Elliot.
I'm cruising through it and would recommend it to anyone. Mrs. Elliot is an incredible role model to me, i'm astounded at what she's been through. For those of you who don't know her husband, Jim Elliot, was murdered by Indians in Ecuador while they were missionaries there. However, this book is not about that, its about thier courtship. As I find with most of these books, i need to read and take what i can and see what applies to my life. We are not all the same and we all have to take this life as it comes and learn what we can from it. But having a wonderful relationship right now with my schmoop, i'm able to relate to alot of the book. Mrs Elliot does a wonderful job of documenting her feelings, her beliefs and encouraging you to seek after God through this time. All I can say is that I'm so encouraged by this book right now.
The Screwtape Letters, i need to buckle down and fly right with this one. I started it and i'm nearly done but with all my other reading its kind of taken a back seat. So hopefully i'll finish next week. Its an incredible book, kind of freaky at times..
ok night..
Dirkey
Weight Watchers Online WK 1
Hmmm so i've been riding on and off the ww fence. Going for a few weeks then skipping and eventually not going. I just joined WW online today and i'm pretty excited about it. Its got alot of neat resources. Some of my favorites; point tracker, point calculator, the point search (you just put what you ate and it tells you how many points!), the recipe calculator (you put the recipe in and it figures out the points and saves it in your recipe box, the online message boards.
I'll keep you updated, my online weigh in's are every Wed so as an extra incentive to me i'm going to be posting my results LIVE ON LINE WITH YOU! WOOO!
Well i'm sure the four people that are reading are ohhh so excited about this!
So here is my before pic. No i'm not going to post a pic of me in a bikini, i hate those commercials. Seriously the girls who don't want to be overweight are not the same girls who wear string bikini's. Who are those girls who pose unhapily for the before pics? Just a face shot, all thats needed :)
I'll keep you updated, my online weigh in's are every Wed so as an extra incentive to me i'm going to be posting my results LIVE ON LINE WITH YOU! WOOO!
Well i'm sure the four people that are reading are ohhh so excited about this!
So here is my before pic. No i'm not going to post a pic of me in a bikini, i hate those commercials. Seriously the girls who don't want to be overweight are not the same girls who wear string bikini's. Who are those girls who pose unhapily for the before pics? Just a face shot, all thats needed :)
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Horrible story made right
Friday to me was like a chance to make everything right in the world. It all starts with this picture...
It all started a few years ago, i was driving down the road innocently. I think i was probably talking on the phone, of course this was BEFORE it was illegal.. (sheepish smile.) Well anyways it was about dusk and the car in front of me completely swerved into the other lane. I was wondering where the heck he was going cause it was right before a curve in the road. Well i look down and there is a FAMILY OF DUCKS!! directly in front of my car. I didn't have a chance to do anything about it, i just plowed right over them. I felt them thump against the bottom of my car as i ran over that poor mom duck and all her little ducklings. I was soo upset that i shreaked, threw my cell phone and made my best friend drive the rest of the way. Well since then i haven't been able to look a duck in the eyes (not that i've had the opportunity) That is until Friday, when i pulled in Jasons office and stopped while this mom and her baby ducks SAFELY passed in front of my car... ah sweet redemption!!
It all started a few years ago, i was driving down the road innocently. I think i was probably talking on the phone, of course this was BEFORE it was illegal.. (sheepish smile.) Well anyways it was about dusk and the car in front of me completely swerved into the other lane. I was wondering where the heck he was going cause it was right before a curve in the road. Well i look down and there is a FAMILY OF DUCKS!! directly in front of my car. I didn't have a chance to do anything about it, i just plowed right over them. I felt them thump against the bottom of my car as i ran over that poor mom duck and all her little ducklings. I was soo upset that i shreaked, threw my cell phone and made my best friend drive the rest of the way. Well since then i haven't been able to look a duck in the eyes (not that i've had the opportunity) That is until Friday, when i pulled in Jasons office and stopped while this mom and her baby ducks SAFELY passed in front of my car... ah sweet redemption!!
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
old pic+history lesson=love
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS NOT A PRESIDENT......
SERIOUSLY, I'M NOT KIDDING!!!
STOP QUESTIONING, I'M SERIOUS..
OH MY GOSH, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU AGAIN, GO CHECK THE ENCYCLOPEDIA..
much anticipated road trip pics
Why Friday rocked!
1.) I got out of work at 12:30 to drive down to see SCHMOOP!!!
2.) The weather was incredible
3.) wow my car is dirty
4.) OOOHH pretty bridge looks so different during the day
5.) wow i have to pee
6.) Decisions decisions visit Schmoop or Mormon Disneyworld
Sunday, April 30, 2006
What the world needs now is camping sweet camping
I'm always amazed at how nice people are when you are camping. Its like something in the air just makes people want to share and be kind. We got in to Front Royal about 6 on Friday and realized we didn't have firewood. The guys next to us were nice enough to let us have some of theirs (we ended up buying it from them, but they would have shared I know it..) Well because of their kind generosity my schmoop got his first taste of smores on his first night of camping. We had an awesome time, nights were FREEZING but I should have allowed for that oops... Sat we found an auction in the little town we were camping in.(WATERLICK, VA- I LOVE THAT NAME) It was pretty funny and Jason's first auction (it was soo sweet that it was a hick auction too!!) We were nudging each other and saying things like "wow that guy only has two teeth" and "how much do you think the stuffed otter will go for??", yes it was THAT GOOD OF A TIME!! Then we went out to get fishing licenses and realized that it would cost us about 60 bucks to try to catch fish for the afternoon.. Apparently you need like 15 stamps on your license for where we were. I felt like I needed a victims abuse hotline because "the man" was totally sticking it too me.
Well we didn't end up fishing we just went on a hike it was sweet. Ok tired of writing gonna play around while I wait for schmoop to get out of the shower. More to come later when I upload pics.. Here's a teaser, I have a photo essay of my car ride to DC, I know hold onto your seats kids the fun never ends with DIRKEY!!!!
Well we didn't end up fishing we just went on a hike it was sweet. Ok tired of writing gonna play around while I wait for schmoop to get out of the shower. More to come later when I upload pics.. Here's a teaser, I have a photo essay of my car ride to DC, I know hold onto your seats kids the fun never ends with DIRKEY!!!!
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